5th Italian Film & Food Festival

Firehouse Theatre, 1609 W. Broad Street

Combine classic and groundbreaking Italian films with classic and mouthwatering Italian food to experience a feast for the all the senses.

$15 per person includes a movie and genuine Italian fare!
Buy two tickets for the same show for $25!
Limited number of all-day passes available for $45 (includes all four movies with food!) in advance at the Video Fan, 403 N. Strawberry St. (in the Fan). Note: beverages sold separately.

All films in Italian with English subtitles.

The 5th Italian Food & Film Festival is sponsored by the Richmond Moving Image Co-op and these restaurants: Mamma 'Zu, 8 1/2 and Edo's Squid.

The BIGGEST Picture - Richmond's 1st Annual Environmental Film Festival
Brought to you by RMIC and VCU Evnironmental Defense.
The BIGGEST Picture Film Festival was created to raise awareness about urgent environmental issues.
Eight films, live music and speakers including Ralph Nader, Michael Jones, Brian Dixon and Larry Gibson.
> Festival site

15th James River Film Festival
Complete information coming soon!
Short Film Competition Call for Entries - deadline: January 15, 2008.
> More about the festival.

FLICKER's Attack of the 50-ft. Reels

Here's how it works:
The first 20 people to fill out the entry form and return it with the $25 entry fee get one roll of Super 8 film +processing and the opportunity to make a 3-minute movie. The catch is you must edit in-camera —that is you have to film in the order you want each scene to appear [unlike the way most movies are made]. When you finish, return the film to Flicker and we'll send it off for processing. To add a little intrigue, the first time the filmmakers get to see their films is during a special 10th anniversary FLICKER during the 2008 James River Film Festival.

Note: Since many cameras don't expose the Ektachrome color stock properly, we've decided to offer only black and white film. However, filmmakers are welcome to substitute K40 or Ektachrome if they have it.

Entry deadline: Monday, February, 4, 2008 (or when the 20 slots are filled).
Participants will receive film by: Friday, February 1.
Return exposed cartridges by: Monday, March 3 or sooner.
50-Ft. Reels Show: during JRFF, March 31 - April 6, 2008.
Download the entry form (pdf).

Friday, September 5 8

RMIC presents "Selections from Flicker, 1998-2008" in Theatre IV's Empire Theatre as part of InLight RICHMOND - a celebration of 1708 Gallery’s 30th anniversary and a collaborative effort between local arts and community organizations. The event features light inspired outdoor installations by regional and international artists.
More about InLight RICHMOND.
7 pm - midnight at the First Fridays Art Walk

September 12 - December 14 8

When Janey Comes Marching Home: Films about Women and War is a four-month documentary film series co-presented by the Visual Arts Center and the Richmond Moving Image Co-op. The film series is presented in conjunction with the exhibition, When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans, a series of large-scale photographic portraits and accompanying oral histories of American women soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, on view at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond September 12-December 14, 2008. All programs in the series will take place at the Visual Arts Center, 1812 W. Main Street. Questions? Call the Visual Arts Center at (804) 353-0094.

September 27, 7:00 p.m. Lioness (2008, U.S.A., 82 mins. Directed and produced by Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers.) Admission is free Lioness tells the story of a group of female Army support soldiers who became the first women in American history to be sent into direct ground combat. Without sufficient training but with a commitment to serve as needed, these young women ended up fighting in some of the bloodiest counterinsurgency battles of the Iraq war. Lioness makes public, for the first time, this hidden history. "Lioness" will be introduced by co-director Meg McLagan.

October 3, 9:00 p.m. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980, U.S.A., 60 mins. Directed by Connie Field.) Admission $5 (as part of VisArts:latenight; includes refreshments) Director Connie Field mixes talking head interviews with archival news and Hollywood footage in this engaging documentary of four women, African-American and white, who worked the U.S. shipyards and the air factories during World War II. Recounting their personal experiences with male co-workers and commenting on the social expectations of women at the time of and after the war, the subjects emerge as more than symbolic “Rosie the Riveters.” Introduction: Michael Jones, Adjunct Professor, Film Studies, VCU and Randolph-Macon College. Co-director, Richmond Moving Image Co-op.

November 7, 9:00 p.m. In the Name of the People (1982, U.S.A., 75 mins. Directed by Frank Christopher and produced by Alex Drehsler.) Admission $5 (as part of VisArts:latenight; includes refreshments) The filmmakers entered El Salvador clandestinely and spent six weeks with guerilla forces comprised of men and women from age twelve to sixty-one. Whether planning an offensive or hauling supplies, the women are seated as equals. All the subjects receive adequate screen time, so the audience manages to see the fighters as individuals in this intimate and engrossing of guerilla life in the war-torn Salvadoran countryside. Introduction: Dr. R.McKenna Brown, Professor and Director, School of World Studies, VCU

December 5, 7:00 p.m. Double feature: My Daughter the Terrorist (2007, Norway, 60 mins. Directed by Beate Arnestad, produced by Morten Daae.) Admission $5 (as part of VisArts:latenight; includes refreshments) In My Daughter the Terrorist, Dharsika and Puhalchudar are best friends – sharing secrets, joking, braiding their hair – yet both are Black Tigers, Tamil nationalists in training for these last seven years as suicide bombers. Told from the unique viewpoint of a mother who may lose her daughter forever.

To See If I’m Smiling (2007, Israel, 59 mins. Directed by Tamar Yarom.) Admission $5 (as part of VisArts:latenight; includes refreshments) The extraordinary To See If I’m Smiling profiles six Israeli women who served in the West Bank. As they tell their stories against the backdrop of footage of their tours of duty, the audience comes face-to-face with the truth of war – it destroys the innocence in everything it touches. Introduction to both films: Dr. Jennifer A. Fronc, Assistant Professor, U.S. Social and Women's History, Department of History, VCU. More about the film series and exhibition.